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Bachelor poet detailed superficial suffering (5-6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

first-degree burn

'superficial suffering' is the definition.

'bachelor poet detailed' is the wordplay.
'bachelor' becomes 'firstdegree' (an undergraduate degree, a bachelor's degree).
'poet' becomes 'burns' (I've seen this before).
'detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'burns' with its last letter taken away is 'burn'.
'firstdegree'+'burn'='FIRST-DEGREE BURN'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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